Garment supporter



Patented Aug.. 4, 1925.

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GARMENT SUPPORTER.

Application led September 8, 1922. Serial No. 586,821,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM Frama, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Garment Supporters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates particularly to stocking or hose supporters, and is especially directed to that class of supporters commonly known as garters and adapted to encircle the leg of the wearer adjacent to the knee.

The principal objects of my invention are to provide a sanitary garter that will afford comfort to the wearer, and that is not only of durable construction but inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects of my invention are to provide a garter that may have a wide range of adjustment and that may be readily adapted to any desired girth so as to comfortably fit the leg of the wearer; and to provide an inelastic garter formed of non-absorbing material that may be readily cleansed.

My invention comprehends a garter that may be worn below the knee to suspend a short stocking or embrace a turned down stocking or be worn above the knee to encircle the top portion of a long stocking.

Specifically stated, the form of my invention as hereinafter described, comprises an inelastic strip affording a band of sheet material forming a girdle, having its ends narrowed to provide tongues, which are arranged to be engaged with suitably spaced slits provided therefor in said strip, and having a dependent hanger provided with means to engage the upper margin of a short stocking or hose, pivoted thereto, and arranged to be turned into parallel relation with said strip and engaged with retaining means therein when not operative to engage a short stocking or hose.

My invention also includes all of the various novel features of construction and arrangement as hereinafter more definitely specified.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a convenient embodiment of my invention, showing the garter in its opened or inoperative position; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of said garter in its closed or operative position; and Fig. 3

is a fragmentary side elevational view of the garter showing the hanger turned up and engaged in its inoperative position.

In said figures, the garter comprising the strip or band l, formed of Celluloid, rubberized fabric or other suitable material preferably impervious to moisture, has its opposite ends narrowed to provide the tongue forming the hook 2 and tongue 3 which is straight.

The hook 2 is arranged to be thrust through any one of the slits 5 which are transversely disposed in suitably spaced relation in the end portion of the strip 1, adjacent to the tongue 3 to retain said strip in band form, and the tongue 8 is arranged to be thrust through any of the pairs of slits 6 which are disposed in the end portion of the strip having the hook 2, to retain the free end of said strip, as shown in Fig. 2.

It will be observed that the extent of girth may be varied by engaging the hook 2 with diii'erent slits 5, more or less remote from the tongue end of the strip 1, so as to accurately lit the wearer, and that the engagement of the tongue 3 with the pairs of slits 6 may be correspondingly varied.

The strip l which may be thus adjusted to the wearer, is provided with the clasp or hanger l0, which may be pivoted thereto on the pintle 11, and which is of a well known form, tapering toward its free end and having the V-shaped aperture 19 in the angle of which the garment to be supported is gripped1 lVhen it is desired to support a garment by embracing it, as when employed to support a long stocking, the clasp or hanger 10 may be turned on the pivot or pintle 11 into parallel relation with the strip or band l, and its free end engaged in the slit 13 provided therefor in said strip at a distance from the axis of the pintle, slightly less than the length of said hanger from said axis, so that when slightly flexed the end of the hanger may be thrust into the slit 13, as shown in Fig. 3, and thus held in its inoperative position.

My invention is advantageous, in that the band may be readily adjusted and secured to the wearer, and when secured the opposite terminal fastenings are so related that each depends upon the other for its retention, and therefore the possibility of accidental displacement is reduced to a minimum.

I donot desire to limit my inventionto vthe precise detailsof construction` and. ar-

rangement as herein set forth, as it o); vious that Various modiiations may be made therein WithoutV departing from" the essential features of my inventionars, defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my inyentiomlq claim:-

,L A garment Supporter comprising a Strip 0f Hexible material. of uniform width, forming aI band having a. plurality o transf, Versely extending; slits the` body thereof, spaced from one. of its terminals, in` pairs, and spaced singly from the othery terminal ina denite relation t0` the slits'` arranged in, pairs, and having Said terminals; each reduced in"V widthvtdplovde tongues, in uni. tary relation therewith arranged t0, engage.

said slits andT thereby retain ther terminal portions osad band engaged in orerlapped 2.-.A, garment Supigqrtef Comprising a strip forming a band-ofsuitable material, hayingatransversely extending slit, and a hangerlarranged to engage the garment to be S1119pelzeftY riveted t0 Said Strip and arranged to be rotated thereon into parallel relation therewithy and, engaged with, said slit.

Ill WitnessA Whereefz, L have `lflereulite i Set- 11152 hand this 29th, day Q f August, A;- De 1922.

WILLIAM, F ADE.

Witnesses;

VILLIAM RUSSELL, Ommen. G: HALLQWEM, 

